India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien An Indian dancer performs in a competition organised by the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, in Vashi on the outskirts of Mumbai on November 25, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien An Indian dancer warms up before a competition organised by the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, in Vashi on the outskirts of Mumbai on November 25, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancer, Pankaj Shivpur, from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, practices inside his house in Dharavi slums in Mumbai on December 2, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien An Indian dancer performs in a competition organised by the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, in Vashi on the outskirts of Mumbai on November 25, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.

India's Slumgods

India-lifestyle-society-dance,FEATURE by Rachel O'Brien Indian dancers from the Slumgods, a group of breaking or 'b-boying' dancers, takes part in a practice session at the Sion fort in Mumbai on November 30, 2012. The youngsters from India's best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat -- but don't call them break dancers. And definitely not slumdogs. These are the SlumGods, who want to show there is more to life in a Mumbai shantytown than poverty, squalor and trying to escape -- even if the hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' made you think otherwise.